Consultant Paramedic In Emergency Care

NHS; Bristol; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare service in Bristol is seeking an exceptional Consultant Paramedic in Emergency Care to join their senior clinical leadership team. This role focuses on driving improvements in clinical quality and increasing the capacity of community services. The ideal candidate will possess significant clinical experience and leadership skills, and will help shape strategy for emergency care. Competitive salary, generous benefits package, and support for professional development are offered.

Benefits

Competitive NHS salary

27 days holiday increasing with service

Generous Pension Scheme

Car leasing scheme

Cycle-to-work scheme

Qualifications

• Significant experience in leading clinical practice in ambulance settings.
• Strong understanding of national healthcare policy and paramedic professional standards.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based care in complex emergency situations.
• Shape and influence trust-wide strategy for emergency care.
• Drive applied research and service evaluation to improve patient outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical Practice

Research and Innovation

Education and Mentoring

Education

HCPC Paramedic

Relevant Masters

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking an exceptional Consultant Paramedic in Emergency Care to join our senior clinical leadership team. This is a new and pivotal role, aligned to the NHS England framework for multi-professional consultant practice, designed to provide senior clinical leadership for emergency care including to drive the reduction in unwarranted variation between our counties, further improve clinical quality, lead clinical professional standards and work with system partners to increase availability and capacity of community services.

As a Consultant Paramedic, you will provide knowledge skills and experience in expert clinical practice, strategic leadership, and system-wide influence to ensure our emergency care services deliver the highest standards of patient outcomes and safety. The post holder will work closely with a Consultant Paramedic in the South of the Trust and be required to travel across the South West.

Main duties of the job

The role spans the four pillars of consultant practice:

Clinical Practice

• Deliver evidence-based care in complex emergency and urgent care situations.
• Act as a clinical role model, supporting paramedics and wider teams in delivering safe, effective care.

Leadership

• Shape and influence trust-wide strategy for emergency care.
• Provide senior clinical leadership across multidisciplinary teams and system partners.
• Champion innovation, transformation, and workforce development.

Education

• Lead on professional development, mentoring, and provide support and guidance to the education team.
• Collaborate with universities and training providers to strengthen and future proof paramedic education pathways.

Research & Innovation

• Drive applied research and service evaluation to improve patient outcomes.
• Translate evidence into practice, ensuring our services remain at the forefront of emergency care.

About us

Working for us is an experience like no other. We provide emergency and urgent care, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, operating across the largest ambulance region in England of 10,000 square miles and responding to an average of 2,650 incidents every day.

We remain committed to ensuring that we provide the best possible care for all our patients, which is reflected in our new five-year strategy which has continually improving patient care at its very core.

At the heart of our beautiful and diverse region we employ over 6,000 people and are supported by over 575 volunteers.

If you embody our values of one team, compassionate and innovative and are looking to make a real difference to peoples' lives, then we would love to hear from you.

In return we will equip you with the skills, resources and development you need to thrive in your role. You will have opportunities to progress to roles at a higher pay grade and enjoy continuous professional development.

Benefits

• Competitive NHS salary
• A standard working week of 37.5 hours
• Holiday entitlements of 27 days per year, plus general and public holidays, rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Pay enhancements for out of hours, shift and overtime working
• Generous Pension Scheme
• Career and salary progression
• Car leasing scheme
• Free parking across Trust sites
• Cycle-to-work and other salary sacrifice schemes
• Staff networks
• Access to a wide range of discounts from various organisations across the UK

Job description

For further information about this role please see the attached job description and person specification.

For an informal conversation with Neil Lentern - Director of Paramedic Practice, or Adrian South - Deputy Director of Clinical Care, please contact Chloe Stokes-Dodd - [e-mail]

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential:

• HCPC Paramedic
• Relevant Masters

Desirable:

• Educated to doctorate level, or working towards

Previous Experience

Essential:

• Significant experience in leading clinical practice in the ambulance settings
• Strong understanding of national healthcare policy and paramedic professional standards
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Significant experience at senior management level in delivery or development of clinical services
• Demonstrable evidence of leading change and service improvement

  Desirable:

  • Experience of leading cross functional teams
  • Experience working outside of the ambulance service
  • Experience working in an education environment
  • Experience working in a research environment
  • Experience working in a non-ambulance leadership setting

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

  North of the Trust (BNSSG/Gloucester/Somerset)

  Bristol

  BS32 4QJ

  Employer’s website: https://www.swast.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)